Sergey Beryozkin: Simple XML Security with CXF JAX-RS
Enhancing the security support for JAX-RS services was a major theme during the CXF 2.5.0 development. CXF already offers a good support for users to create secure RESTful services relying on HTTPS and...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: CentOS 5.7 Guest with VirtualBox
If you’re trying to install the VirtualBox guest additions on a fresh CentOS install, you may find that the kernel drivers compilation fails. To work around it, try this as root: yum install gcc kernel...
View ArticleYoav Shapira: Mimzilla, a non-tech blog I really like
Mimzilla is the author of a blog called "Don't Put Chopsticks In Your Hair" which I really like. She doesn't write very often, but she writes well, and the topics are interesting. Her latest post is...
View ArticleJohannes Geppert: Struts2 jQuery Plugin 3.2.0 released
Since today the latest Version 3.2.0 of Struts2 jQuery Plugin is available. The main change is the switch from jQuery 1.5.2 to the latest version 1.6.4 of the jQuery 1.6.x releases. You can now...
View ArticleColm O hEigeartaigh: Apache CXF STS documentation - part VII
Previous blog entries have covered TokenProviders and TokenValidators, used by the STS to provide and validate tokens respectively. The STS does not currently have any support for renewing tokens -...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Installing Windows on a Macbook Pro without a Superdrive
So you want to install Windows on your Macbook Pro? It’s easy, as long as you haven’t replaced your internal SuperDrive with an SSD upgrade. The Apple Boot Camp Assistant doesn’t let you create a...
View ArticleSteve Loughran: Solving the Netapp Open Solution for Hadoop Solutions Guide
I have been staring at the Netapp Open Solution for Hadoop Solutions Guide. I now have a headache. Where do I begin? It's interesting to read a datasheet about Hadoop that is targeted at enterprise...
View ArticleMatt Raible: More Scalate Goodness for Play
This article is the 6th in a series on about my adventures developing a web application with HTML5, Play Scala, CoffeeScript and Jade. Previous articles can be found at: Integrating Scalate and Jade...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Perforce 2011.1 is out!
Yay! The 2011.1 release of the Perforce server is ready! Read more about it at the Perforce site.This is the second major release since I joined the team, and I'm quite excited about it. Although I...
View ArticleIan Boston: Clustering Sakai OAE: Part I of ?
Over the past month, on and off, I have been working with the developers at Charles Sturt University (CSU) to get Sakai OAE to cluster. The reasons they need it are obvious. Without clustering, a...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: 24 hours at Fukushima
This month, the IEEE's Spectrum magazine publishes its special report, Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power. It's an immense and detailed report, with multiple articles, multi-media presentations,...
View ArticleJames Duncan: DPReview’s hands on preview of the DMC-GX1
The real successor to the Panasonic GF-1 is finally out and it’s called the GX-1. Seems like X is the letter of the year in photography. DPreview has a quick hands on up. Linked by James Duncan Davidson.
View ArticleChristian Grobmeier: On my desk: Apache Maven 3 Cookbook
Recently I got the Apache Maven 3 Cookbook in my hands. As a Maven user I need to take a look at it. The book promises to tell something about collaboration techniques, how to extend Maven 3 and using...
View ArticleChristian Grobmeier: Dart Isolates
Dart is very young but also a very promising language. You can write it similar to JavaScript, but it can also look like Java. In JavaScript there is no real multithreading. Just the Chrome Browser...
View ArticleColm O hEigeartaigh: Apache CXF STS documentation - part VIII
Previous blog posts on the Apache CXF STS have focused on how tokens are provided, validated and canceled in the STS. These operations are (at least in theory) relatively independent of WS-Trust. For...
View ArticleSteve Loughran: Attack Surface
I allege thatAny program that is capable of parsing untrusted content is vulnerable to exploitation by malicious entities.Programs which parse binary file contents are particularly vulnerable due to...
View ArticleColm O hEigeartaigh: Apache CXF STS documentation - part XII
A previous blog post detailed the AbstractOperation class that provides some core functionality for the STS operations, such as parsing the client request into a format that the...
View ArticleHoward M. Lewis Ship: Mac Tips: Preventing Aperture from Launching
Since I tend to connect and disconnect my Android phone to my Mac pretty often, I got frustrated that it kept launching Aperture every time (it used to do the same with iPhoto, before I switched). In...
View ArticleGert Vanthienen: New packaging options for ServiceMix
A while ago, Ioannis Canellos added a few new packaging options to the upcoming Apache ServiceMix 4.4.0 release to better reflect these recommendations. Our upcoming Apache ServiceMix 4.4.0 release...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2011-11-23
How does LMAX’s disruptor pattern work? – Stack Overflow : LMAX’s “Disruptor” concurrent-server pattern, claiming to be a higher-throughput, lower-latency, and lock-free alternative to the SEDA...
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